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AviatriceWhy is it important to have dreams and aspirations?

Who inspires you? This could be someone you know personally or a celebrity

that you look up to.

Task 1: Choose somebody who really inspires you and answer the following

questions:

What qualities do they have that they admire? What has this person achieved

that makes them look up to them?

MONDAY

Watch the following film about

Jaqueline Auriol. The year is 1953 and

Jacqueline, the daughter-in-law of the

French president, is strapped into her

jet plane about to create history. This

film describes the events which

allowed her to become the first

European female to break the sound barrier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGmzw3wXbwk

MONDAY

Task 2: Write down all the words and

phrases you can to describe

Jacqueline. Use some similes (e.g. as

… as a … … like a …)

Task 3: Write a short paragraph introducing Jacqueline. Use the

information below to help you.

Full name: Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet.Born: 05/11/1917 in Challans, France.Family: Mother, father, younger brother.Education: Studied art at ‘Ecole du Louvre’ in Paris before taking up flying later in life.

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TUESDAYWhat is the difference between a biography and autobiography? Remember that an autobiography is a

life story written that person, whereas a biography is a life story written about someone else.

On the right is a list of the features of

biographies.

Task 1: Can you identify which

sentences below are from a biography?

Mary Berry was born on May 12th 1953 in Somerset, England, which she credits with contributing to her love of cooking because of her family’s huge and well equipped kitchen.

I have my mother and father to thank for discovering and developing my super powers. They encouraged me and taught me not to be embarrassed of how quick I was.

In 2012, Tim Peake spent 12 days underwater on the Aquarius underwater laboratory.

Everything was swirling around me, every nerve standing on edge. I remember forcing in two big gulps of air to try to steady myself and take control.

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TUESDAYTask 2: Read the autobiography of Usain Bolt on the next page. Search the text to

try and find examples for as many of the boxes as you can.

Usain Saint Leo Bolt was born on the 21st of August 1986 in Sherwood Content, a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica. He is a World and Olympic champion sprinter and many people believe he is the fastest person ever, which has earned him the nickname ‘Lightning Bolt’!

Usain Bolt grew up with his parents, Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt, his brother Sadiki and his sister Sherine. His parents ran the local grocery store. Bolt’s family attended the local Catholic church and even today he still makes the sign of the cross before all of his major events. As a boy, all of Bolt’s free time was spent playing cricket and football in the street with his brother. He was sports mad!

As a child, Bolt attended Waldensia Primary, where he first began to show his sprinting potential, running in the annual, national primary-schools' meeting for his area. By the age of twelve, Bolt had become the school's fastest runner over 100 metres. Usain’s father, Wellesley, put his speed down to ‘Yam Power’! (Yams are an important part of the Jamaican diet.)

Bolt went William Knibb Memorial High School, where he still enjoyed playing team sports, but he was such a fast sprinter his teachers encouraged him to try track and field events. The school had a history of success in athletics with past students, so he was in good hands, winning his first medal, silver, in the high school championships in 2001. Bolt was so good that a former Olympic sprinter, Pablo McNeil decided to train him. (This meant he would become his coach.) Bolt usually trained hard but Pablo was sometimes annoyed by Bolt's practical jokes!

TUESDAY Usain Bolt – A biography

At the age of 15, Bolt took part in the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, where he won the 200-metre race. This made him the youngest world-junior gold medallist ever.

In 2005, Bolt got a new coach, Glenn Mills. This was the year he also reached the world Top 5 rankings. However he was prevented from further success by a recurring hamstring injury.

Then, in 2007 Bolt got his big chance. He broke the Jamaican 200-metre record and earned two silver medals at the World Championship in Osaka, Japan. Bolt decided he really could achieve success as a sprinter and began to take his career more seriously. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and went on to win gold in both the 100 and 200 metre events - even breaking a world record in the 100metre final, winning in 9.69 seconds! Bolt achieved a third gold medal in Beijing as part of the Jamaican relay team.

Usain Bolt went on to defend all of his Olympic gold medals during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. This included beating his own record for the 100metres, running it this time, in 9.63 seconds! Bolt is the first man to win both the 100 and 200 metres in consecutive Olympic Games. He is also the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic Games competition!

TUESDAY Usain Bolt – A biography

AviatriceWEDNESDAY

Task 1: Use the internet to research the life of Jacqueline Auriol. Write down

at least 8 facts about her life.

When writing you facts, try to include the

following features in your sentences:

Adverbials of time

Soon, next, eventually, before long

Conjunctions

Before, whilst, when, after, despite, until, since

Prepositions of time

At… On… In…

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/26/guardianobituaries

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/sound-barrier-brokenVideo

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AviatriceTHURSDAY

The plane, my plane, was ready. My joy was beyond words.

At the time of the first flight, I already knew everything about

the newborn: its qualities, its quirks and its flaws. I turned it on.

The plane came to life and so did I!

The extract below is written in the 1st person, when Jacqueline sees the aircraft for the very first time!

Task 1: Can you verbally change the passage to third person?

Can you explain how she was feeling? Why does she describe it as a ‘newborn’? What do you think she means when she says ‘the plane came to life and so did I!’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGmzw3wXbwk

Watch ‘Aviatrice’ again from 1:10 – 2:10

AviatriceTHURSDAYTask 2: Write a paragraph describing Jacqueline’s first encounter with the plane.

Try to write about when she first wakes up in the morning, travelling to the aerodrome, the first time she sees it, and the first time she sits in the cockpit.

She experiences joy. Try to show this by how you describe her face (smile/ tearyeyes) and her body language (hands clasped, head held high).

ENGLISHFridayRead this WW2 newspaper report, then answer the questions.

Click on the link below to find lots of other ideas for home learning.

https://padlet.com/MrBowlerICT/primary